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The most common injuries are sprains and strains. Serious injuries are rare. The risk of injury associated with yoga is lower than that for higher impact physical activities. Older people may need to be particularly cautious when practicing yoga. The rate of yoga-related injuries treated in emergency departments is higher in people age 65 and older than in younger adults. Meditation and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

Mindfulness-based meditation. A review concluded that as monotherapy or an adjunctive therapy, mindfulness-based meditation has positive effects on depression, and its effects can last for six months or more. Although positive findings are less common in people with anxiety disorders, the evidence supports adjunctive use.

A meta-analysis of 47 trials in 3, participants suggests that mindfulness meditation programs show moderate evidence of improving anxiety and depression. But the researchers found no evidence that meditation changed health-related behaviors affected by stress, such as substance abuse and sleep. Mindfulness-based programs for workplace stress. A systematic review and meta-analysis of nine studies that examined mindfulness-based programs with an employee sample, which targeted workplace stress or work engagement, and measured a physiological outcome.

The review found that mindfulness-based interventions may be a promising avenue for improving physiological indices of stress.

Meditation for patients with breast cancer. Clinical practice guidelines issued in by the Society for Integrative Oncology SIC recommend meditation as supportive care to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and fatigue in patients treated for breast cancer.

Meditation, yoga, and relaxation with imagery are recommended for routine use for common conditions, including anxiety and mood disorders Grade A. Stress management, yoga, massage, music therapy, energy conservation, and meditation are recommended for stress reduction, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and quality of life Grade B.

Safety Meditation is generally considered to be safe for healthy people. A review found no apparent negative effects of mindfulness-based interventions, and concluded that their general health benefits justify their use as adjunctive therapy for patients with anxiety disorders. A systematic review of yoga for state anxiety: Considerations for occupational therapy. C anadian Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Yoga for anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Depress Anxiety. The effect of heart rate variability of biofeedback training on stress and anxiety: a meta-analysis.

Psychological Medicine. Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical practice guidelines on the use of integrative therapies as supportive care in patients treated for breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. Do workplace-based mindfulness meditation programs improve physiological indices of stress? While many books promise tips on managing stress, this book takes it one step further to consider the science behind stress and how it affects our minds and bodies, offering evidence-based approaches to managing stress for optimum results.

Amitava Dasgupta guides readers to a greater understanding of the mechanisms at work when stress is present and provides guidance for dealing with those physical and mental responses.

While grounded in the science of stress, this work also helps readers employ those strategies that will best manage stress for better overall health. Lehrer,Robert L. Powell,Simon J. Stakeholder Engagement Find out how NIMH engages a range of stakeholder organizations as part of its efforts to ensure the greatest public health impact of the research we support.

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